The move follows the installation of land mines and barriers as well as creating a wasteland along the heavily militarized border for months this year.

North Korea says it will permanently block its border with South Korea and boost its front-line defense posture to cope with “confrontational hysteria” by South Korean and U.S. forces, while not annou

North Korea will sever road and railway access to South Korea from Wednesday in a bid to “completely separate” the two countries. Its military said the North would “permanently shut off and block the southern border” and fortify areas on its side.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has warned again that he could use nuclear weapons in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States, as he accused them of raising animosities on the K

North Korea's army said Wednesday it was moving to "permanently shut off and block the southern border" with Seoul and had informed the US military to prevent an accidental clash.It added it had sent a telephone message to US forces Wednesday morning to "prevent any misjudgment and accidental conflict over the fortification project to be launched in the acute southern border area".

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has threatened to use nuclear weapons if the country's enemies attempt to use armed force against it, state media reported Tuesday. The latest rhetoric comes as North Korea is presumed to have kicked off a key parliamentary meeting Monday to revise the

Analysts warn that the constitutional revision, which includes a new sea border, could usher in an 'endless cycle of tit-for-tat exchanges' North Korea is set to adopt a new constitution that designates the South as a "hostile" nation and redraws maritime boundaries,